Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Great Sippewissett Marsh

Great Sippewissett Marsh from directly overhead

Great Sippewissett Marsh is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

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Coordinates41.58197, -70.63967

14.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Beaches

Black Beach: 0.8 mi
Chappaquoit Beach: 1.5 mi
Big Beach: 1.7 mi
Public Beach Quissett Harbor: 2.8 mi
Public Beach Buzzards Bay: 2.9 mi

Parks

Cathedral Pines: 1.0 mi
Swift Park: 1.3 mi
John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex: 1.9 mi
Trotting Park Skate Park: 2.1 mi
Falmouth Town Green: 2.2 mi

Peaks

Swifts Hill: 1.0 mi
Telegraph Hill: 1.3 mi
Riddle Hill: 1.7 mi
The Knob: 3.0 mi
Nobska Hill: 4.6 mi

Historic sites52

Katharine Lee Bates: 2.4 mi
Falmouth Police Memorial: 2.7 mi
Woods Holl: 4.3 mi
Nobska Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
HU-25 Falcon: 8.2 mi

Museums42

Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 1.8 mi
Falmouth Museums on the Green: 2.1 mi
Woods Hole Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
Cape Cod Children's Museum: 8.4 mi
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 8.9 mi

Attractions28

The Liberté: 3.1 mi
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 3.4 mi
Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 4.3 mi
Flying Horses Carousel: 9.6 mi
Big Bridge: 12.4 mi

Cliffs23

Gardens17

Colonial Gardens: 2.1 mi
Spohr Public Gardens: 2.7 mi
Garden of Our Lady: 4.1 mi
Mashpee Community Garden: 9.3 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 13.3 mi

Artworks12

Helen Keller: 4.3 mi
Whale Tail: 4.3 mi
Rachel Carson: 4.3 mi
Tree of Bike: 5.6 mi
Buddha: 7.8 mi

Lighthouses7

Rest areas7

Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 13.8 mi
truck pull-off: 14.8 mi
truck pull-off: 14.9 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 19.5 mi
truck pull-off: 21.9 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 13.9 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 12.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Great Sippewissett Marsh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Hill	SSW 198°	94.8 m	16.4 mi
Pine Hill	NNE 24°	93 m	9.5 mi
Telegraph Hill	NE 37°	85 m	13.1 mi
Flatrock Hill	NNE 24°	82 m	13.0 mi
Avery Hill	NNE 22°	80 m	11.2 mi
Prospect Hill	SSW 200°	78 m	15.9 mi
Discovery Hill	NE 42°	77 m	13.3 mi
Deer Horn Hill	NNE 26°	71 m	6.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:55
June solstice	05:09	19:39	20:21
September equinox	06:31	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:07	15:31	16:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	32	33	37	47	56	65	72	72	66	56	46	38

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29703327

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